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🌱 Patch AM: What the distressed sale of Newark’s Hyatt Place means for the city

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In today's newsletter:

  • What the distressed sale of Newark's Hyatt Place means for the city

Also on today's calendar: Collaborative Impact Summit and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What do you call cows dancing in the dark 🤔 (Answer below!)

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  • Saturday: Partly sunny and pleasant, with a high of 79 and low of 58 degrees.
  • Sunday: Mostly cloudy, temps: high: 70, low: 57.
  • Monday: Areas of low clouds, then sun, with a high of 74 and low of 58 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Bay Area nonprofit scoops up distressed Oakland hotel for $54K per key (therealdeal.com) — Investors recently bought the 112-room Hyatt Place Newark/Silicon Valley for nearly $19.8 million after a foreclosure tied to more than $25 million in unpaid debt, signaling ongoing stress in Newark's lodging market. The story also tracks similar distressed hotel sales in Oakland, Berkeley, and Pleasant Hill, highlighting how nonprofits and investors are repositioning troubled properties, sometimes into affordable housing or supportive uses.
   

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